Business of consignment Sales

Yakub02

Banned
Business of Consignment sales

An entity might deliver a product to another party (such as a dealer or a distributor) for sale to end customers under a consignment arrangement.

Indicators that an arrangement is a consignment arrangement include (but are not limited to) the following:

 the product is controlled by the entity until a specified event occurs, such as the sale of the product to a customer of the dealer or until a specified period expires;

 the entity is able to require the return of the product or transfer the product to a third party (such as another dealer); and

 the dealer does not have an unconditional obligation to pay for the product (although it might be required to pay a deposit).

These arrangements are common in the car industry where manufacturers deliver cars to showrooms on consignment.

Control of a product held in a consignment arrangement has not passed. Revenue is not recognised upon delivery of a product held on consignment but at a later point in time (depending on terms in the contract).

Elements of cost The cost of an item of property, plant and machinery consists of:  its purchase price after any trade discount has been deducted, plus any import taxes or non-refundable sales tax; plus
 

Similar threads

Top